Delegate

Pronunciation

• enPR: dÄ•lʹĭ-gÉ™t, IPA: /ˈdÉ›lɪɡət/

• enPR: dÄ•lʹĭ-gāt', IPA: /ˈdÉ›lɪˌɡeɪt/

Origin

From Old French delegat, from Latin delegatus.

Full definition of delegate

Noun

1. a person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy
2. a representative at a conference, etc.
3. (US) an appointed representative in some legislative bodies
4. (computing) a type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer

Synonyms

Verb

1. to authorize someone to be a delegate
2. to commit a task to someone, especially a subordinate
3. (computing, Internet) of a subdomain to give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of yours